Dosimetric evaluation of the Siemens Virtual Wedge

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2651-2663

  Van Santvoort, Jan ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOPHYSICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031696044     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/9/016     Document Type: Article

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